Siding or clapboard spacing gage.



M. J. LANGTON.

SIDING 0R CLAPBOARD SPACING GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED Auaiv. 1917.

Patented Apr. 9', 1918.

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has will-. n b e'p ers s i ledhe ar to which .it v appertains .to make;and use the Same.-

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ingmel pebo rd: a sh ngle wsp ci ngagag e I p r .cross bar or str1p' 8and the curyed,portiongand one of the; objectsmf .the inventionie anr vin;.o -ia z g es-Wh c is p er o, efficient and practical inconstruction,.-and; a p1n'l3 an3.11C1310rkmg3p1ke14;ispryot gdmog yle usdzf sp singeithe l ret w'i the pp en s] he h ng s rt n leo nds. on hagle em P d rgaeenl h may-he: use f r r ing one board to show the pointtoflwhich the gage may be adjusteclefor;marking"the next board, and soon in applying therentire side of a house.

A further obj ect of, the invention .is to. provide an improved hangerfor the gageuxn;

A further object of the invention is the provision of means whereby arule may be connected between two gages, for spacing shingles and thelike.

In practical fieldsthe details of construction may necessitatealterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises. further features and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth in the specification, shown in the drawings andclaimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section through a portion of theside wall of a dwelling, or

similar structure showing the application Fig. at is a plan View of thestructure with if desired. In spacing shingles the 105 straight edge orrule 19 may be connected shown in Fig. 3.

Referring more especially to the drawings 1 designates a studding of theside wall of a house or the like, and 2 the flap or siding board, and 3denotes the gage as a whole.

This gage comprises t.

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signed-to be.disposed,substantially;yertically I ;ad]21011l3 theside.wall jot ;the.-hoL1 se.-'.. h. upper. portion of the bar-,4 terminates:in p 1 a curvedpart5,a. portion1}.6 thereof being, Siding orClapboard-Spacing,Grageg and. I. offset from --themain part. Segiuredfhya:

rivet or the, like fit-o the bar. geltwhiohprovided with,graduationsin'inchesaand fractions thereOQQi across her or .stripfi, a

.One endof whichas shownat 9. is :inclined. 6;5 {a Anunchned hanger orsupporting b ar 1() in ent on rel st i nnreaed i -W e u edl y epinsnrrivetsor helik ej 11 and1 12,1;0 the outer extremities bf thei 5 of.the,ba r .tre spectiyely-ri By' means of b 1 en e .1 o h tmann r t egagesm y .be p votally mounted, by driving the ancho slide is inclinedas shown at 17. Near the .rivets 4:) the-bar 4 is provided withlaterally eX- tending ears 18, to which suitable rules 19, such as shownin Figs. 3 and 4: may be secured by the screws 20. In using the sidingor clap board gage, the spike'll is driven into the studding, one gagefor each end of the board. The first board or siding to be hung issupported by the 'slide 15 (which has been previously adjusted as deemedadvisable), then the .board is nailed. The neXt board may be supportedon the slides of both gages between the first board and the bar 4, andwhere the up er edge of the cross bar 8 assumes position said board maybe marked. The second board is then removed from the slides-15, andinserted below the anchoring spikes 14, in order to rest on the innerends of the cross bars 8, while the second board is nailed. The processof hanging the second board. may be repeated with the third, fourth andfifth boards, and so on until the entire siding of the houseis-finished. However, the marking of the boards, it is to be noted, maybe dispensed to the ears 18 between two gages; then the gages are heldin place by driving the spikes into the beams of the roof, after whichthe shingles are arranged adjacent the straight .(whielrsecures the;bar8. to the edge or rule, andthen nailed in place. To

' space the next row of shingles, the gages 15 are adjusted, to abut orcontact with the lower edges of the first'row of shingles, in which casethe straight edge is held disposed at an equal distance and inparallelism with the lower, edges of the firstv row of shingles; thenthe second row of shingles is arranged in place and nailed. This processis conroot is,

se'outively repeated until the entire covered withthe shingles.

The'in'vention having been set is claimed as'new and useful is 1,. Aclap board gage comprising a main bar having calibrations, and providedwith a slide adjustable to any oneofthe calibrav. tions and adapted 'tosupport a clap board; a hanger bar connected to the main bar and havingmeans. at its upper end .to detachably secure 1t to a studd1ng,'and across bar connecting the hanger bar and the main bar and having one-endextendingtoward the studding of the wall of the building to support aclapboard. a

2.111 a siding gage, a main'bar provided with graduations, a slidethereon, means to" hold the slide in adjusted positions, whereby theslide may support a siding board, a

cross bar connected to the upper part. of

the main bar and'having one end extending toward 'thefstuddingbf thewall of the building to supporta siding board, and

means connected to the cross bar'and the came: of this patent may beobtained for forth what upper end of the main bar for;=.pivotal1ymounting said gage on a studding.

8. In a device as set forth,a pair of weather board gages, eachcomprisinga main bar having graduations thereoma slide 'adjustable onthe lower portion of'the main.

bar to any one of the graduations, means to hold the slide in adjustedpositions whereby-it-'may' support a weather board, the upper end ofsaid bar having an outwardly curved portion, a bar extending ho ri.zontally across and connected to the mai 'bar' and extending toward thestudding of the wall of the buildingto suppor t'a weather'- board, ahanger bar inclined"downwardly and outwardly at an acute angle tothestudding of the. wall of the building and of the curved p'ortion-ofthemain bar, a

spike adapted to be driven into the studding and to which the upper endof the angu- MORGAN J. LANoTo Q Witnesses GEORGE SMITH, FRED WAGNER.

I have signed my having its-lower end'connected to the'outer I end ofthe horizontal bar and the outer end" five cents each, by addressing thecomm issioner of Patents. 'Wash1ngton,D.C. J a v a I

